Archive for April, 2025

Namibia Holds Talks With Russia Over Nuclear Energy Partnership

Via Bloomberg, a report on Russian interest in Namibia’s uranium sector: Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah held talks with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev seeking to boost cooperation on nuclear energy in Africa’s biggest uranium producer. Nandi-Ndaitwah in a meeting on Tuesday in Windhoek, the capital, “highlighted the need for stronger cooperation with the Russian […]

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The Global Copper Race Heats Up: India Moves into Zambia’s Mining Sector

Via MetalMiner, a report on India’s growing interest in African copper: Much like neighboring China has been doing for decades, India is now making inroads into the African continent to mine copper reserves, among other mineral assets. It is a move that is sure to shake up the already-competitive international copper market, where multiple nations continue […]

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China’s Expanding Footprint in Uzbekistan

Via The Diplomat, a look at how Tashkent is seeking to maintain strong economic ties with Beijing while addressing public concerns about their possible impacts on the country’s sovereignty: Sinophobia has been noticeably on the rise in Uzbekistan in recent weeks, especially on social media. Increasing viral content about unverified land sales to Chinese investors and the […]

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WILDCATS AND BLACK SHEEP
Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.